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Eurid To Keep .EU?

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Image via WikipediaAccording to a news alert I received last night, Eurid's contract to manage the .eu namespace has been renewed for a further 5 years.The news, which appears to have either been broken or leaked at the Eurid registrar dinner last night in Mexico city appeared on a French domain news site, but has since vanished.If anyone can confirm or deny this news it would … [Read more...] about Eurid To Keep .EU?

ICANN President and CEO To Step Down

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Image via Wikipedia Earlier today saw the official opening of the 34th public ICANN meeting in Mexico City, Mexico.As is common with ICANN meetings there was an opening ceremony at 9am local time. What probably wasn't expected was for Dr Paul Twomey to announce his departure:"Last year, I told the Board that I did not want to renew my contract as President and CEO for another 3 … [Read more...] about ICANN President and CEO To Step Down

Minds and Machines Launch At ICANN Mexico

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It's always nice to see new ventures launching, but that is especially true when you know most of the actors involved.Minds and Machines, which launched this weekend during the ICANN meeting in Mexico, is aimed at assisting companies and organisations navigate the new gTLD application process, as well as offering a registry services backend. Put another way, if you want to get … [Read more...] about Minds and Machines Launch At ICANN Mexico

Nominet PAB Election Takes A Strange Turn

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Nominet was expected to announce the nominations for the PAB election this afternoon. What we got instead took me by surprise.Since there were only three nominations put forward by the deadline all three get appointed without any election, leaving one free seat on the PAB.In other words, there won't be a PAB election this year.Considering how vocal some Nominet members were in … [Read more...] about Nominet PAB Election Takes A Strange Turn

Oversee.net Lays Off Staff

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Doom and gloom stories are never pleasant, but especially so when you know people involved.Oversee.net, which runs DomainFest among other things, laid off a further 39% of their staff earlier this week. Whether this round of layoffs will have an impact on the upcoming DomainFest event in downtown Hollywood is hard to tell, though email updates regarding the event have been very … [Read more...] about Oversee.net Lays Off Staff

Whois Inaccuracy Report System Gets Upgrade

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ICANN have upgraded the system used for reporting inaccuracies in WHOIS.According to the announcement:The Whois Data Problem Report System (WDPRS) has a number of advantages over the previous system, which was first introduced in 2002. Among them are:    * More detailed information is captured from complainants to assist registrars in investigating Whois … [Read more...] about Whois Inaccuracy Report System Gets Upgrade

Google Adsense For Domains Opens Up

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Image via CrunchBase, source unknownGoogle dropped a bit of a bombshell yesterday when they announced that they were opening up Adsense for Domains to the general public (North American publishers first).Could this be the end for some of the smaller parking companies?With Google's ever growing publisher base I suspect that some of the parking companies are going to be under … [Read more...] about Google Adsense For Domains Opens Up

New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched

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John McCormac has been collecting and processing statistics on domain registrations and hosting for as long as I can remember. He is probably best known for Hackwatch and WhoisIreland, which produces monthly reports for the Irish hosting and domain industry.John's latest project has been in development for several months and offers an alternative to some of the existing domain … [Read more...] about New Hosting and Domain Statistics Site Launched